Nano & Materials Science at the University of South Carolina

Tom Vogt 1212 Greene Street, Columbia SC 29208 tvogt@mailbox.sc.edu

Nano is here to stay

highly interdisciplinary
SIZE & SHAPE IMPACT THE NATURAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD

Nano - an enabling platform

Quantum Dots

New Properties

Particles & Interfaces

Devices & Sensors

Nano Scale = Scale of Biology

Nano Expands Materials Space

Combination of + SIZE & SHAPE

Materials Space > 1040 distinct compounds Edisonian Approach is ineffective High Throughput Experiments & Theory, Modeling & Simulation !

USCs Comprehensive Energy Science & Systems Engineering Approach to address Global Energy & Environmental Problems

http://www.energy.titech.ac.jp/English/Overview/index.html From Tokyo Institute of Technology

Nationally and Internationally recognized USC-wide comprehensive Energy Leadership Institute spearheaded by the College of Engineering & Computing.

Catalysis for Renewable Fuels Experimental Nanoscale Physics Nuclear Science and Energy Polymer Nanocomposites Strategic & Approaches to the Generation of Electricity Solid Oxide Fuel Cells & HeteroFoam Nanoenvironmental Research & Risk Assessment Data Analysis, Simulation, Imaging & Visualization Transformational Nuclear Technologies

Some Research Teams & Opportunities

Design Interfaces

Control Assembly
Create New Properties
20,000 sft of new lab space In Horizon I

Brian Benicewicz Smart State Chair Polymer Nanocomposites

Nano & Cancer

Assembly of Viruses
Qian Wang Biological Nano Particles

Ken Reifsnider

Study by the Moore School of Business, over less than four years of operation
>$31.2 M new funding; 271 jobs (2008); $17M impact on annual SC gross product; and engendered over $34M in total economic activity.

Fate & Transport of Nanomaterials

Toxicology of Nanoparticles Nanomaterials & Bacteria/Biofilms
Jamie Lead Nanoenvironmental Research New Smart State Chair

Interfacial Dynamics & Computational Biology Rheology of Complex Fluids

Qi Wang Nanoscale Theory, Modeling & Simulation

a.) Pt3.5Co

b.) Pt2.4Co

Supported Bimetallic Nanoparticles Bio Re-Newables Metal Oxide Catalysts

c.) Pt0.11Co

d.) Pt0.07Co

Chris Williams NanoCatalysis

John Regalbuto Smart State Chair Renewable Fuels

Doug Blom Imaging at the nanoscale

Unique Facility
Aberration-corrected STEM In situ-STEM

Jochen Lauterbach Smart State Chair Strategic Approaches to the Generation of Electricity

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